MOTUL Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta: The BMW M8 GTE makes it farewell appearance in North America.

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This Saturday marks the end of an era. After four successful years, the BMW M8 GTE will contest its final race at the MOTUL Petit Le Mans endurance classic at Road Atlanta (USA).

Munich. This Saturday marks the end of an era. After four successful years, the BMW M8 GTE will contest its final race at the MOTUL Petit Le Mans endurance classic at Road Atlanta (USA). BMW Team RLL has competed with the BMW M8 GTE in the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship since 2018. During these four years, the team has claimed five wins and a total of 25 podium finishes with the car. The undisputed highlights were the two back-to-back GTLM victories at the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) in 2019 and 2020. They also won the Driver, Team and Manufacturer titles in the GTLM class in last year’s IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup. 

And so it is time for the farewell performance. BMW Team RLL will once again run two MOTUL BMW M8 GTEs in the ten-hour MOTUL Petit Le Mans race on Saturday 13th November. The #24 car will be co-driven by John Edwards (USA), Jesse Krohn (FIN) and Augusto Farfus (BRA). Their team-mates Connor De Phillippi (USA), Bruno Spengler (CAN) and Philipp Eng (AUT) will alternate at the wheel of the #25 MOTUL BMW M8 GTE. The MOTUL Petit Le Mans is the fourth and final endurance race of the 2021 IMSA season. The title defence in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup is still possible in the Driver, Team and Manufacturer competitions. In preparation for the race, BMW Team RLL attended two successful tests at Road Atlanta. 

Turner Motorsport runs the BMW M6 GT3 in the GTD class again. The team celebrated the Petit Le Mans GTD victory in 2019. This coming weekend, the the #96 BMW M6 GT3 will be co-driven by racing legend, BMW institution and IMSA record winner Bill Auberlen (USA), Robby Foley (USA) and Aidan Read (AUS). 

Turner Motorsport competes in the final race of this season’s IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge on Friday 12^th November. Auberlen and his team-mate Dillon Machavern (USA) lead the GS class in the #95 BMW M4 GT4 going into the season finale. Foley shares the cockpit of the #96 BMW M4 GT4 with Vincent Barletta (USA). They currently lie third in the GS class.

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